My choice of subject ( John Chamberlain's 'Fiddlersfortune") was dictated by there being a convenient bench to draw from, not having my sketching stool with me as I was going to the RA in the afternoon. It was fiendish to draw with the highly textured pink aluminium surface and all those intertwined coils but I did enjoy the freedom of using coloured biros before settling into a more considered study in pencil.

Our lunch at the 'Smokehouse' was interrupted by the noise of a helicopter , which landed on the lawn just behind us!